Bird B Gone Plastic Hawk Decoy to Scare Birds Away, Bird Deterrent Devices Outdoor, 16 Inch Fake Hawk Statue, Natural Bird Scarecrow for Garden

We had birds nesting under an overhang dropping their poo on our bbq grill, our patio and the dog's kennel including the dog's food n water bowls. They were dive bombing our vehicles AND the birds were entering our garage when the big door was up or the small door was open thereby becoming trapped hence succumbing to their death after head butting the glass window too many times in their efforts to escape.I bought a couple of these owls, a couple of the hawks as well as several snake replicas including a very realistic cottonmouth and rattlesnake. Together these have done the trick!The owls and hawks are hanging by durable fishing wire in several strategic places. They are hanging in the areas we want to deter birds and where a breeze can gently spin these replicas to add realism.As these bird replicas are all placed by different doors and different overhangs I know each of them are indeed responsible for their area being free of poo! The snakes are intertwined in chain link and the larger replica snakes are out front along the garage wall on each side of the large garage door, so are "guarding" different areas.The birds now stay away from our garage, patio and dog kennel. Since literally the week after I placed our replica critters I have not found *any* bird poo on our patio, our bbq grill nor in the dog's bowls. No more birds in our garage, either! Wow, such an easy quick fix!I happen to collect owl statues, simple statues did NOT work. It took these life-like replicas to deter the persistent birds. Be sure to hand these birds by fishing wire or other durable means as cotton twine quickly degraded allowing our high drive dogs to have a new play toy. Despite getting somewhat crushed and chewed, this life-like replica is still performing as intended.

I have had it sitting on the front porch rail for weeks now, and the flock of black birds stopping by to devour the cats' food (a couple of times a day) haven't dared to risk crossing paths with the hawk!I honestly didn't think this would work, but was desperate for something to prevent a flock of some 20-30 black birds snatching the food I leave for the 8 feral cats in my neighborhood and leaving their droppings all over my porch. I can't believe this has worked!I bought a 5 lb bag of aquarium gravel to put inside the hawk (it is very light weight so you have to add something to keep it from blowing away) and that has so far worked quite well. It sits on my porch railing (an old bungalow, big front porch) and I just saw it through my security camera with my own eyes: the flock of birds gathered in the tree by the street, but they left within seconds instead of coming to the porch to steal the cats' food!It's been nearly a month and there hasn't been a single day when I thought the hawk has failed to work.UPDATE: The end of January the birds were back, so it stopped working, but it did a good job for awhile.

Effective keeping birds from attacking windows. Shows excessive wear from exposure to elements. A lot of the paint has faded/fallen off after just 2 years of use.

So for the past four years I had been climbing 24' up twice a year to patch holes in the side of our house wherebirds kept pecking away to build a nest in my attic. I decided to dig in and find a solution.I went online and found Bird B Gone. Though I have seen many boats on slips that have an owl, hawk or some other deterrent that sea gulls just ignore (and actually relieve themselves on the decoys) I decided this might be the trick.I mounted my BB Gone hawk about 20' up near the main area where the birds like to peck. After carefully getting down off the ladder, I came inside to get a glass of water and then a few minutes later I walked out to see my handywork.As I came around the back of the house, no more than a foot above the hawk, a tit-mouse was busily pecking away! Though a stationary decoy such as Bird B Gone will NOT deter birds in any way, it makes a nice looking addition on the back of my house. I highly recommend it for those who may be looking for a cool looking ornament to mount on the side of your house. It provides plenty of chuckles for the birds, who must think I'm a nerd! It was worth the $10 I paid for it for chuckle value alone! :)

Had to buy a small bag of sand at Walmart ($3) to weight this hollow figure. Which is okay, just a little more trouble than I expected. So far I've tried this decoy in several different places on my patio and a few birds still visit, disfiguring chairs, etc. (Twice I've seen a bird sitting on the head of the hawk. LOL). I bought this item on the recommendation of a woman who has a garden and stated that the Hawk kept birds away from her plants. I'm thinking that I haven't yet found the right place/manner to display. Also, it may have discouraged some birds from visiting, 'tho I haven't any way of telling. Conclusion: Not sure yet.

Scared a woodpecker who was pecking at our wood-sided house. It works better when suspended and can move in the wind, as birds seem to learn it's a decoy if it's mounted and doesn't move.Be sure not to leave the decoy out in a storm or it could become a projectile and hit someone or a window.Amazon, however, gets 0 stars and an F- for the packaging. The decoy was packed in an enormous, wasteful, but too thin, cardboard box that was crushed and mangled in shipping. There were at least 100 plastic air pillows in the box that did little to protect the decoy or the box itself. The decoy was a bit banged up and scratched, but since it's for outdoor use, we decided to keep rather than return it.Despite Amazon's ubiquitous "returns are no problem" allegations, if one does return defective items to Amazon, one will receive a nasty rude email threatening to cancel one's service -- in my case a $99 Prime membership. Along with increasing prices of late, and rude customer service, Amazon's packaging is wasteful and insufficient to protect all goods.